Services set for Latham girl

Funeral is Tuesday for 11-year-old; 911 call details tragic incident

Updated 7:14 am, Monday, July 2, 2012

Ashton Jojo, 11, a recently graduated fifth grader from Southgate Elementary School, died June 27, 2012 after being electrocuted in a miniature golf water hazard while on vacation in Florida.

Ashton Jojo, 11, a recently graduated fifth grader from Southgate Elementary School, died June 27, 2012 after being electrocuted in a miniature golf water hazard while on vacation in Florida.

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COLONIE — Services for 11-year-old Ashton Jojo, who died Wednesday after being electrocuted at a miniature golf course while on vacation in Florida, will be held Tuesday.

Calling hours will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Bowen & Parker Bros. Funeral Home, 97 Old Loudon Road. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Jermain Memorial Ecumenical Presbyterian Church, 601 Fifth Ave., Watervliet.

Jojo, a recently graduated fifth-grader from Southgate Elementary School, was on vacation in Orlando with her family when she went to grab a ball that had sunk into a 2-foot-deep water hazard at the Orange Lake Resort. She screamed in pain when she touched the water, and a bystander was shocked trying to save her.

Jojo had just celebrated her 11th birthday on June 22.

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This weekend, the Orlando Sentinel posted a portion of a 911 call from the incident on its website. "This little girl fell in the water. She was trying to get her ball," the male caller tells the dispatcher. "And there was electricity in the water."

"Somebody tried to help her and he got shocked and immediately knocked off. He was laying in the water," the caller says.

The dispatcher then asks if the girl is out of the water. The caller says yes, but that she is not responding. "Is she conscious and alert?" the dispatcher asks. "Is she breathing?"

"No," the caller says. "She's not breathing at all." The caller says that Jojo is being given CPR, but that it is not working. Though the caller's voice is calm throughout the conversation, screams can be heard in the background.

Jojo was exposed to the electric shock at around 2 p.m. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital an hour later.

The newspaper reported Thursday that an investigation into the girl's death was focusing on electrical breakers in the water that were improperly installed, possibly saturating the wiring or circuits.

In a brief statement, the resort said it "holds the safety and well-being of our guests and employees as our top priority and concern" and added that the mini-golf course is closed until further notice.